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Bug 692017 - Allow Win(Super) key to be set for switching keyboard layouts
Allow Win(Super) key to be set for switching keyboard layouts
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 697002
Product: gnome-settings-daemon
Classification: Core
Component: keyboard
3.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-settings-daemon-maint
gnome-settings-daemon-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-01-18 15:46 UTC by Pavel Stupnikov
Modified: 2013-04-02 23:00 UTC
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Description Pavel Stupnikov 2013-01-18 15:46:19 UTC 
It was possible in 3.4 but there is no way to do it now even with gnome-tweak-tool/dconf-editor.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2013-01-19 20:20:07 UTC 
The Super key is not really free to be used for keyboard shortcuts or for this. It is used pretty extensively by GNOME shell for window-management bindings, and in particular to go to the overview.
Comment 2 Rui Matos 2013-01-20 18:36:15 UTC 
Right, the problem with allowing this is that it conflicts with gnome-shell's usage of that key.
Comment 3 Pavel Stupnikov 2013-01-20 19:27:27 UTC 
Control and Alt keys are used in default bindings as well, but they can be set for switching layouts. If someone needs this particular go-to-the-overview shortcut he can remap it to something else. In fact, right now I've disabled gsd keyboard plugin and use setxkbmap, so I have to remap all of super+* shortcuts, but I still think it is better than using some other key for layout switching.
Comment 4 Matthias Clasen 2013-01-21 12:42:16 UTC 
even if you disable the keyboard plugin, the shell will still use Super for going to the overview.
Comment 5 Rui Matos 2013-04-02 23:00:29 UTC 
This will actually become possible when something like bug 697002 lands.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 697002 ***